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Mitt Romney pushes bipartisan credentials in Ohio

“My legislature was 85 percent Democrat,” he said. “And when I came into office we had a multibillion-dollar budget gap. We could have fought with each other and pointed fingers and got nothing done. That would be Washington. But instead, we came together, and we met every week. We talked about our challenges, and we actually cut state spending.”

The Obama campaign quickly pushed back on Romney’s speech by sending reporters old press clippings that show Wyden saying he does not support Ryan’s plans for Medicare. In August, after Romney made a similar comment about Wyden, the Oregon senator said he was “talking nonsense.”

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“The American people can’t trust a word Mitt Romney says, especially when he claims he’d work across the aisle as president,” Obama spokesman Danny Kanner said in a statement. “As Governor, he refused to work with Democrats in the legislature. And throughout this campaign, he’s refused to stand up to the most extreme voices in his own party — look no further than his continued support for [Indiana Senate candidate] Richard Mourdock. Now, Romney’s running around Ohio suggesting Senator Wyden supports a Medicare voucher plan Wyden publicly opposes, and is trying to scare voters into falsely believing Chrysler is moving Jeep’s operations to China.”

It will be very difficult for Romney to win without Ohio. Polls have consistently shown the Republican’s down a few points, but a new survey released Sunday by a consortium of Ohio’s biggest newspapers showed that the race is tied 49 percent to 49 percent. The same poll showed Obama leading by 5 percentage points, 51 percent to 46 percent, in mid-September.

Using football analogies, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman prodded the crowd to vote early.

“It’s the fourth quarter,” said Portman, who was on the short list to be Romney’s running mate. “It’s a tie game, but we’re in the red zone, folks, we’ve got the momentum on our side. Are we going to take Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan over the line? We’ve got to provide the blocking and tackling. … These next nine days, we’ve got to be sure we leave everything on the field.”

Romney continues grasping for the mantles of hope and change that animated Obama’s campaign four years ago. He presents the president as an insider intent on maintaining the status quo.

He lathered up the crowd in Celina with a call-and-repeat.

“His campaign slogan is forward. Forward on the same path,” Romney said. “And I ask you: Do you want more four more years with 23 million Americans looking for a good job? Do you want four more years with trillion-dollar deficits? Do you want four more years where half kids coming out of school can’t find a job? Do you want four more years with Obamacare?”

“No,” the crowd chanted louder and louder with each question.

“Look, this is an election about change,” Romney continued. “The president thinks this is a time to just keep doing what we’ve been doing. He wants more of the same. And do you want more of the same or do you want change?”

The Republican presented his campaign as driven with momentum.

“I’m heartened by what we’re seeing across the country,” he said. “Large crowds of independents, some Democrats [and] a lot of Republicans coming to together and enthusiastically getting behind this campaign.”

While he spoke, Romney spotted a young child wearing a Captain America Halloween costume and holding a sign that said “Captain Romney for America.”

“Captain,” Romney told the child from the sage, “Paul Ryan and I are joining your team real soon, all right?”

The Republican party that nominated Mitt Romney has engaged in the most filibusters ever in the history of this nation over the past 4 years.

The conservatives he represents have repeatedly and endlessly engaged in sabotage, obstruction, and denigration of every single initiative this president and the Democrats have put forth.

Republican conservatives in state legislatures, and in governors mansions from sea to shining sea have all likewise railroaded over Democrats at every turn. They’re doing it in Wisconsin, they’re doing it in Virginia, they’re doing it in Ohio, and they’re doing it in Florida.

And now they want us Americans to believe that they will work across the aisle.

The Republican conservatives who support Mitt Romney do so because they know he repeatedly lies.

Why are they still giving speeches when this massive storm is about to hit the East Coast?

Can they just give a short speech and encourage all Americans to give to the Red Cross and for others to visit the website Ready.gov? You may find a list of emergency supplies to have on hand on the Ready.gov website and you may purchase some supplies through redcrossstore.org if you have time. Perhaps a big sign could be displayed behind where they speak of these 2 websites.

For all others not in the path of this massive storm; can they suggest all Americans to also visit Ready.gov to get prepared for other future disasters that may affect them? Perhaps they live in an earthquake, tornados, hurricanes or flood areas of the country. Also, why can't they use their massive campaign gadgets, like robo callers, text messaging and e-mails machines, to encourage people to get ready for this storm or other future disasters? Can they donate some of this massive campaign money to those who cannot afford to stock up for future disasters, as well?

Finally, is this the October surprise made from GOD and not that of the other party? That we all are really small as compared to our seemingly big pride when it comes to the power of this Earth and the Heavens!

Otherwise he'd remember he set a record in Massachusetts when he issued 800 vetoes- only to have 700 overridden by the Legislature.

His "bipartisan" record is as phony as what he now claims he wanted for the auto industry.............................................................. Are you like 12? "Romnesia" sounds retarded when Dumbo uses it, even worse when the easiest of prey in the herd uses it.

As govenmor he vetoed over 800 pieces of legislation put forth by a democratic legislature

Republicans have gridlocked the congress from day one...be honest, you guys vowed to wreck the country at all cost

the only people polarized are people like you astounded that a black man is president....you dodn't have to admit it..the country knows

Romney has a plan...deficits don't matter and never have when Republicans are in charge and 2 trillion in defense increases prove it....you want WWIII and the draft will once again be implemented by your Draft Dodger in Chief Mitt....the ignorance of the GOP today is astounding and you fail to see the forest you will walk into due to the tree in your way....and you were never a democrat, just another lie by one of the party of liars.

As govenmor he vetoed over 800 pieces of legislation put forth by a democratic legislature

Republicans have gridlocked the congress from day one...be honest, you guys vowed to wreck the country at all cost

the only people polarized are people like you astounded that a black man is president....you dodn't have to admit it..the country knows

Romney has a plan...deficits don't matter and never have when Republicans are in charge and 2 trillion in defense increases prove it....you want WWIII and the draft will once again be implemented by your Draft Dodger in Chief Mitt....the ignorance of the GOP today is astounding and you fail to see the forest you will walk into due to the tree in your way....and you were never a democrat, just another lie by one of the party of liars.

At what point do you think the radical rightwing runied it for their New England candidate?

Was it over before it started?

When Chaney/Bush CRASHED the entire economic structure of the free world. With the failed idiology of conservatives?

Did the inability to accept that you idiolgy failed, ruin it for Mitt when you all lurched to the far far radical end-times right extremes, yelling TEAR ERR DAAWWN !!!!!

Or was it just the general sewage level rating of the Republican BRAND that doomed the New England flip-flopper?

It surely was ruined for him, by all the RAPE/ ABORTION nutjob ideas comming out of the dillusional Republican congressional candidates.

I say the race was doomed for Mitt, by the extremist Republic Party. When you all couldn't accept that your radical selfish idiology. Was SUCH A HUGE DISASTER, when you had all branches under Chaney/bush and actually, implemented it.

What were you thinking?????

President Clinton had America rocketing into bright clear blue skies!!

I doubt the democrats in the Massachusetts legislature took the same sort of vow the republicans in Congress did when they swore they would not budge an inch on their principles.

You do understand the uncompromising attitude came in 2010 after 2 years of Obama constantly demoralizing the republicans and refusing to work with them.

Maybe you don't work - but I do - if I want to get somebody to work with me I don't get up in front of a large audience and call them every name in the book and mock them. But that is all Obama knows how to do - he doesn't understand that occassionally you actually have to talk to people not at them.

Romney has not attacked Obama he won't attack the Democrats as president either. Our country has been divided by Obama's rhethoric like it never has in the past. He has stirred up so much hate with all his rhetoric - not what we need. He campaigned as the great Uniter - do you really think he has lived up to that?

Barack Hussein Obama has ZERO bi-partisan experience, so it is good to see Mitt Romney rubbing it in his face in Ohio. Americans need to remember that Obama has been the worst president in history when it comes to dealing with the other side. THAT IS A FACT.

2. A member of an organized body of fighters who attack or harass an enemy, especially within occupied territory; a guerrilla.

Yup, #2 is all Mitt. He was harassing the enemy in Vietnam from his bicycle while racing down the streets of Paris, proselytizing.

I wish people would just be honest with themselves. You don't have to like President Obama and you certainly don't have to vote for him for a reason, reasons or even no reason at all. But to say that you are going to vote for Mitt Romney because he was a job creator, a "businessman", someone with a record of economic accomplishments is an insult to your own intelligence. Nuf said.